Alana Adetola Fajemisin is a native of Buffalo, New York. She received a dual Bachelor’s degree from the State University at Buffalo with a concentration in Fine Arts Painting & Art History. Her paintings are masterfully created using both oil and acrylic paints on hand stretched canvases and found bases. Her self-portraits resemble that of a cubism dream, often fragmented. As of late, Fajemisin’s new and much more “raw” direction leads you down an intimate path, where a number of her sketches have found themselves juxtaposed against a collection of iconic imagery that has been compiled over a number of years. Her obsession with the gray scale often saves room for a pop of color or two on each canvas.

 

Alana is currently working towards her Master of Arts degree in Museum Studies with a concentration in Education and Community Engagement. She has worked as the Community Programs Coordinator for Main (St)udios and currently works as a Freelance Oil Painter and Portrait Photographer from her attic-studio. Alana also curates quarterly exhibitions for one of Buffalo’s leading restaurants, Kaydara Noodle Bar, located in downtown Buffalo.